The core of the plot is the romantic triangle formed by the protagonist, a conscripted soldier named Private Brigg, a worldly professional soldier named Sergeant Driscoll, and Phillipa Raskin, the daughter of the Regimental Sergeant Major. The location is a British army base in Singapore during the Malayan Emergency.
Brigg
Phillipa Raskin
Sgt Driscoll
Sgt Wellbeloved
RSM Raskin
Mrs Raskin
Lt Col Bromley-Pickering
Juicy Lucy
Cpl Brook
Tasker
Lantry
Fenwick
Villiers
Foster
Sinclair
Sandy Jacobs
Cutler
Longley
Forsyth
Waller
Maj Cusper
Sergeant Fred Organ
Lance Cpl. 'Gravy' Browning
MO
Doctor
Nursing Sister
Bandmaster
WRAC
Soldier
Soldier
Soldier
Soldier
Sikh
F Yew
Youn Female Officer (uncredited)
